Fela was the nigerian version of james brown....However, fela was doing more political fighting than james through music,but you can tell by the adlib work and horn section how much fela was influenced by james....when I hear "going to have a funky good time" , I can't help but to relate "black man cry to it".


It's funny though, James influenced the 70's and 8o's ( all genres..and is still influencing), and it appears that Fela influenced the 90's and is influencing the millinieum( everything you hear now is so afrobeat influenced) - shit everybody is doing afrobeat now, even white folks. It reminds me of how all those funky white bands came out in the 60's and 70's after James Brown surfaced.

LIVE on JB!!!

Also, and jame's influence on SKA( jackie mittoe)